Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Knockfree, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockfree
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobercummeen
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobercummeen
- Coordinates
- 54.10129, -9.25231
- SMR number
- MA039-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This holy well is named ‘Tobercummeen’ on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps.
This well is no longer in use and has been blocked up. According to local information, stations were held here in the past, and a sycamore tree, which stood adjacent to the well was used as a rag tree.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 4 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.